Last checked at 22 Feb 2021 17:37
The Mission Group plc
Growth Share Scheme
The Mission Group plc ("MISSION", "the Company" or "the Group", AIM: TMG), the alternative group for ambitious brands, announces that pursuant to the Group's Growth Share Scheme ("Scheme") details of which were announced on 19 January 2017, 22 February 2017, 4 June 2019 and 7 April 2020, the Board has approved the sale of ordinary shares of 10p each ("Ordinary Shares") by a number of participants within the scheme to improve liquidity and meet institutional demand following the Group's update on trading for the year ended 31 December 2020.
As such, in aggregate, 2,044,846 Ordinary Shares have been sold by directors today. The interest of each director following the sale of Ordinary Shares are set out below:
Director | Total holding | Percentage of issued share capital |
Dylan Bogg | 1,698,999 | 1.9% |
James Clifton | 506,531 | 0.6% |
Robert Day | 5,439,533 | 6.0% |
Peter Fitzwilliam | 1,032,668 | 1.1% |
Julian Hanson-Smith | 85,803 | 0.1% |
Giles Lee | 1,055,156 | 1.2% |
David Morgan | 6,439,113 | 7.1% |
Sue Mullen | 1,234,188 | 1.4% |
Fiona Shepherd | 1,302,866 | 1.4% |
Commenting, David Morgan, Chairman of MISSION said: "The MISSION Growth Share Scheme was established to retain and incentivise key people, in line with the long-term growth ambitions for the Group. We were delighted to announce on 4 June 2019 that the performance condition for the Scheme had been met and appreciate participants willingness to both defer and significantly reduce the conversion of their share award to cash. We look forward to opening the Growth Share Scheme to new members as we make further progress against our strategic priorities in 2021 and beyond."
CONTACT
THE MISSION GROUP PLC James Clifton, Chief Executive Peter Fitzwilliam, Chief Financial Officer | Tel: 020 7462 1415 |
SHORE CAPITAL (Nomad and Broker) Mark Percy / James Thomas / Sarah Mather | Tel: 020 7408 4080
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HOUSTON (Financial PR and Investor Relations) Kate Hoare / Laura Stewart | Tel: 0204 529 0549 |
NOTES TO EDITORS
MISSION is a collective of Creative and MarTech Agencies led by entrepreneurs who encourage an independent spirit. Employing over 1,000 people across 31 locations and 3 continents, the Group successfully combines its diverse expertise to bring about commercially effective solutions for some of the world's biggest Clients.
www.themission.co.uk
Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| The Mission Group plc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LEI | 213800L567CF3Z6GPZ03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
GB00B11FD453 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nature of the transaction | Sale of Ordinary shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2,044,846
£1,533,634.50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of the transaction | 22 February 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||